Down To The Sea In Ships

Down To the Sea In Ships
This movie has been a long time in coming! I remember DTTSIS as a young man and it always was a movie I wanted to see 50 years later but it was never available until now. 20th Century Fox finally released it and I am really impressed with the quality of the picture as well as the sound of it. It rings true with the sense of whaling in the latter part of the 19th century. Widmark, Stockwell and of course Barrymore could not have been a better choice to see this movie in its full granduer! There are few whaling movies I am familiar with with the exception of Moby Dick with Gregory Peck as Ahab, but Barrymore brings a more intense, sincere and emotional style to this movie. Widmark was truly the "star" of this motion picture but I do not slighten Stockwell's performance with Widmark. McIntire, Flippen, Calloway and of course, Harry Morgan(M*A*S*H) rounds out the movie! Not being part of the sea(raised on a cattle ranch in Arizona), I always enjoyed movies about the sea and of course...

Excellent sea drama
This film centers on the grandfather/grandson relationship on a whaling vessel. It is quite a terrific movie and the cast is excellent. Dean Stockwell has always been a good actor and has always been a winner in his juvenile roles. For top adventure and drama and beautiful black and white photography, I highly recommend this film.

Down To The Sea In Ships a Treasure !
Available at long last to the public, a classic off to sea adventure taking place in the halcyon days of whaling in the U.S. this film is sure to please the average veiwer as well as the avid seafarer among us.
Full of historically accurate whaling practices and wrought with the human struggle of right versus wrong, a must see !
If you're a fan of Lionel Barrymore you owe it to yourself to get this movie and see what I believe to be one of his best performances. Also stars Richard Widmark and a young Dean Stockwell.

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